LA County has minimum staffing of 2 on squad, 3 on engine, 4 of the truck or quint and the chief rides alone. There were 11 in the station so someone was riding heavy!;)
That is my son in law's department and shift. He was on a Kelly day but his company, Truck 16, was operating at another fire just east of this location in Lithonia.
Multiple layers to peel through on this one. My last career position I was the only paid person on the fire side, the medics were single role on the ambulance, the ff were paid on call. I am currently serving as a paid on call FF for the county based department where I currently live. This set...
Mark, Thank you for the friendship you extended to me. Congratulations on your retirement and your 4 plus decades of service. You will be missed.
Elwood
Atlanta can't be that resourceful! They will acquire one rig only, A few months back they had no reserve truck companies and neighboring departments had to respond on greater alarms. Truck companies were browned out or put in a non firefighting vehicle. perfect example at poor resource...
As busy as AFR rigs are, all will break after a few years. Next door in Dekalb, I personally saw a rig in front line that had over 300K miles. No matter the manufacturer it boils down to Specs, Maintenance and use!